#72CEDB#72CEDB

#72CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.090 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CEDB
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -23.99, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 28.27, 211.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0796 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.09 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7920, 52.8310, 74.9992)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CEDB #DB7F72

analogous

#72DBB4 #72CEDB #7299DB

triadic

#72CEDB #DB72CE #CEDB72

tetradic

#72CEDB #B472DB #DB7F72 #99DB72

square

#72CEDB #B472DB #DB7F72 #99DB72

split-complementary

#72CEDB #DB7299 #DBB472

monochromatic

#2B98A8 #41BDCF #72CEDB #A3DFE7 #D4F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#72CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#72CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CEDB

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CEDB	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.090 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dde6',
    500: '#72cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cedb;
$custom-light: #a1dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CEDB

secondary

#AB5347

accent

#331FC7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CEDB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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